21.4093, Books: Applied Linguistics: Matthiessen, Larn, Teruya

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Date: 06-Oct-2010
From: Jennifer Tighe [jtighe at continuumbooks.com]
Subject: Key Terms in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Matthiessen, Larn,
Teruya
 

	
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From: Jennifer Tighe [jtighe at continuumbooks.com]
Subject: Key Terms in Systemic Functional Linguistics: Matthiessen, Larn, Teruya

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Title: Key Terms in Systemic Functional Linguistics 
Series Title: Key Terms  

Publication Year: 2010 
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
	   http://www.continuumbooks.com
	

Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/search/default.aspx?Text=Key%20Terms%20in%20Systemic%20Functional%20Li 


Author: Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen
Author: Marvin Larn
Author: Kazuhiro Teruya

Electronic: ISBN:  9781441168290 Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 50.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781847064394 Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 50.00
Paperback: ISBN:  9781847064400 Pages: 320 Price: U.K. £ 16.99


Abstract:

Please note: This is a new version of a previously announced book.

The field of Systemic Functional Linguistics is a social semiotic approach to 
language pioneered by M. A. K. Halliday, which has assumed a central 
importance in linguistics in recent years, anchored by a growing body of work.
This book details the key terms, the key thinkers and the key texts in this 
field in an approachable, easy to understand and accessible manner. It is 
authored by leading names in the field and is aimed at undergraduates and 
postgraduates studying linguistics and language studies.

"This volume is a rich resource for anyone who wishes to find out how 
Systemic Functional Linguistics approaches the task of describing language, 
or to deepen their understanding of key concepts in SFL and the relationships 
between them. The book is no mere dictionary-type list of entries: there is a 
consistent and fully-justified emphasis on the central importance of 
understanding the place of each item in the overall architecture of the theory. 
This is highlighted not only through a network of cross-references to other 
entries but through a range of ingenious and effective visual representations 
of broader areas of the model. The stress on locating concepts in their wider 
context reflects the fundamentally systemic nature of the enterprise: 
grammatics (the theory of grammar) is treated in the same way as the 
grammar (the description of language or languages), as systems of 
interlocking choices. The book does not attempt to minimise the inherent 
complexity and extravagance of language, or the corresponding complexity 
and extravagance required in any adequate descriptive or theoretical account 
of language; but it establishes clear pathways through the complexity by 
shunting in an illuminating way between concise, lucid explanations of 
individual terms and impressively panoramic overviews of the systems in 
which these terms play a part. The picture that emerges from viewing SFL 
through the window of technical terms - "those meanings of the theory that 
have been lexicalised within the register or registers of that theory", as the 
Introduction puts it - is unexpectedly comprehensive and rewarding. This is a 
book that sets new standards of coverage, depth and coherence for 
glossaries of technical terms in any field."
- Geoff Thompson is Senior Lecturer and Director of the MA TESOL at the 
School of English, University of Liverpool, UK 

'A much-needed resource bringing together key terms from the broad 
theoretical and descriptive scope of SFL within a single work. Advanced 
students who are used to trawling through volumes will find this book 
indispensible: each entry provides an up-to-date definition and refers the 
reader to core works in SFL for fuller treatment, while the coss referencing 
between items will lead to many fruitful hours refreshing connections and 
discovering new ones.'
- Dr Tom Bartlett, Centre for Language and Communication Research Cardiff 
University, UK 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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